Includes bibliographical references (p. [202]) and index
The International Phonetic Alphabet -- 1. Sounds and Languages -- 2. Pitch and Loudness -- 3. Vowel Contrasts -- 4. The Sounds of Vowels -- 5. Charting Vowels -- 6. The Sounds of Consonants -- 7. Acoustic Components of Speech -- 8. Talking Computers -- 9. Listening Computers -- 10. How We Listen to Speech -- 11. Making English Consonants -- 12. Making English Vowels -- 13. Actions of the Larynx -- 14. Consonants Around the World -- 15. Vowels Around the World -- 16. Putting Vowels and Consonants Together